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Old 08-01-2015, 07:53 AM   #11
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I have had plenty of clamps fail..heck have even forgotten to tighten my fair share...the funny thing is that I don't think I ever had more than a drip.

Regular barbs in pretty good shape with decent hose or hose that has set on a barb is a pretty solid setup except under really high pressure.

But that is only my experience and I guess if I had a bad or several failures I would be more convinced of double clamping.

I do it...but more to satisfy others than me....

I still would love to read the explanations from those responsible for me double clamping whether going back and replacing short barbs is necessary or whether they agree better to only use one clamp and live with it.

I wonder if they also are so anal about fresh and salt water pressure systems above the waterline.

Had an expensive T-bolt clamp on a CAT 3196 fail on the maiden voyage off Savannah. It was on the cooling system...engine damaged bad enough we had to return it to the factory for a new engine. You never know.
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